Railway track



w. WHALEY RAILWAY TRACK Filed Dec, 19. 1928 Nov. 19, 1929 V M Mr W M1..) 3 w @m a /m m U a 1V a W 2 5 36 5 t Cc m U M U 0. Z 61 u Z 4 v Z B6 2 7v 0.? ,.A H w fi. 3 .fa u h o 07A.- 3 A 4 Ma gi A MM A PatentedNov. 1 9, 19 29 WILLIAM wa es, on KNOXVILLE, runnnssnn," Assrenon TonYnns-wniimr-{oofi P N on KNoXvIL nmENnEssEnA CORPORATION or'mnn vnssuu;i I

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' Application filed December 19, 1928. Serial No. 327,030. r i

This invention relates particularly to such railway tracks as are usedin mines or quarries or other industrial work to bringloading machinesor cutting machines or cars or. other track-mounted apparatus to theplace at whichsuch apparatus isto be used.

It is desirable'to place the track-mounted apparatus for operation onorf adjacent the line ofthe rail track and to also place saidapparatusfor wide lateral reach'at either side able to have theapparatus supporting tracke. age laterally from the lineof the maintrack.

For example, in a coal mine, it is desirable to so position a coalloading'machine', supported on the track, into positions for a'widereach in a room or entry, whereby the loadingmachine'may load coal fromawide strip" of floor space. Such wide reach is also desirable when coalcutting machines are supported on rail tracks, and when mine cars are tobe placed for loading coal or other mineralby hand, or whenatrack-mounted conveyor is to be placed near piles of material formovement by the aid of the conveyor.

.In track-mounted loading machines, such as the machine'described in myLetters Patent of the United States "No. 940,999, dated November '23,1909,,the gathering or loading" end of the machine can'reach sidewisefrom the middle line of the track only a certain distance, and cantherefore load only from in front of the end of the track and to acertain distance from eachside of the middle line of the track.

In such work it hasheretofore been the custom to .lay a secondtracksimilar to a switch track, to allow the working apparatus to bebrought laterallyfrom the middle line'ofthe main track] In other cases aconsiderable length of th'etrack, including the forward section, hasbeen shifted sidewise, so as to bring the end section-tolor towardmaterial which could not otherwise" be conveniently reached. flnother'cases, a curvedsection; of ordinary track has been insertedbetween straight track sections and secur'ed-tothe abutting ends of thestraight sections, thetrack sectlon at the front of the curvedsectionfbe- 7 ing thus turned sidewise.

The object of my inventionis to provide a if more simple and moreconvenient track structure adapted forfl'ateral.'shifting at the jforward end." I

My'improvement constitutesan attachment I to the forward end'of anordinaryrail track:

section, said attachment permitting sidew'isei movementof its forwardpart without dis;

connecting the attachment from theforwardj end of said regularorordinary section.

i In the accompanying drawings, 3 Fig. 1 illustrates a widechamber'orroom in a coal mine with an ordinary .rail track on the middlelongitudinal line of said room and my track extension attachmentimposition on the forward end of said regular or ordinary rail track;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the two sections which constitute my track extensionattachment;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the structure shown b ,Fig.2;q r

Fig. 4 is a detail, sectional side elevation'o f the hinge joint bywhich the two-sections of Fig. 2 and Fig. 3'are joined to each'other;Fig.5 is a horizontal section on the line,

5-5,0f Fig-.14.; b

Fig.6 is an upright, transversesection on the line, 66,of Fig.4; I,

Fig. 7-7, of Fig. 2, looking toward the left; i Fig. 8 is a' 'detailelevation of the joint formed at the-endsof a main track' section; Fig.9 is ahorizontal' section ontlieline, s e Fig J- v Referring'tothedrawings "C is an ordinary or main rail track section comprising ties, Cand rails, C supported by said ties. Each rail is of ordinary formhaving a foot, C3, an upright web, 0*, and a head; G At C andtyingplates,C

(Figs 8 and 9.)

7 1s a transverse sectionlon the line,

Myiniproved attachment or track extension consists of a rear extensionsection, A,

and forward extension section, B. The rear.

ends of therailsof the section, A, are attached to theforward ends ofthe rails, C and the sections,A'and B, arejoined to. each otheras willbedescribed further on. r

'The section, A, is shown as comprising two cross ties, A and two railpieces, A resting'on and i immovablysecured to the I cross 7 ties bymeansofspikes-or bolts,'inthe'usual manner, excepting that said railpieces .,ar.e not parallel to each other.

forward end of one of the rails, C of the section, Q, and is joinedltosaid rail'by tying plate,=C bolts, Cf, passing through the W b, .G-,offthe ra ,:C ,an th -ty gp ate I andpassing through the Web,Aoftherai-l pieces,A and through the samewtying plate.

(Se F -gs. 8 and 9.) This, it will be observed,

' is :the {ordinary manner of railjoint o en- A I. "s m e e'gage ofth tmk,

forward ends ofthe rail pieces, A are farther 3) the section,

3530fthetrack-extensionsection, B, from. end

" rail foot,

struction used in minejcartracks. g 7 Because theseJra1l;p1eces,Aare-secured to the-rails,-- C inthe manner described,-it fol;-

I' that the gage or spacing of the rear-ends of said rail pieces, Afrom'each other is the Butthe apart thanare the rear ends of saidpieces.

In Fig.20f the drawings, theline, X, shows the gage at therear endot thesection, A, and the line, shows the gage-at the "front of. A, thatgagebeing also the gage to end, A The purpose of this enlargement of thetrack gage will: be explained further on. Theforward end of eachrailpiece, A has apartjgof the web, A cut" away. between the A, and the railhead, A to receive between thefoot and the head; the, rear end of aforked hinge block, B, aswill be described further on,

The track section, B, has cross ties,-B on which rest track rails, BEachsuch rail has afoot, and a web,'B*, and a head, B As.

I above. indicated, the railsare straight; and

parallel to each other, all parts or each rail being equi distant fromcorresponding'parts in the'companion rail. The cross ties, .B. areparallel: to each other, andxeach'cross tieflis joined .to theaadjacentrai'l. by .means of a single rivet, B extending loosely throughone of;the lflanges oifthe foot of the rail,'all the irivetsogoing.through thesame flange. .By

this 'Ineansjoints are-formed similar toithe joints in a parallel rulerof ina folding lad:

der composed-otparallel.side rails and transverse rungs havingtheirends' hinged to the side rails.

Each forked hinge..block,.B3,t has an arm,

, Bg lying-against each side of the w'eb,'Bf*,

. of theaadj'acent rail, B ,.while the rear end of said block extendsbetween thejhead, A and The rear end of each of saidrailp1ecesabutsaga1nstthe short extension section, At each rail, A

a bolt, A, extends downward through the head, A ,-and the hinge block,B, and the rail foot, A*. The hinge block is loose enough on said boltto allow turning of the block on said bolt. The head of each boltcounter sunk ill h head, 5, i -adjacent Tai st0 allow smooth-passing ofwheels over that part ofthe track, (Figswl and 6.) Bolts, B extendtransversely through a the arms, "Ba al-1d the web, B ,;of the rails", Bsaid arms being thus secured to the rails the'same as the ordi- 'narytying plates, G are secured for making A, the distance between therails, B -ffrom;

Qlld IO end, will be the distanceshown the line, Y, at theretrffendfofthe section, B, in Fig. 2.

It has already been gassed. eas Iran;

pieces, A diverge fromtheirrear ends-t0.

7 their forward en d s, this divergence enlarg mg the gageofthatpart of.thejtrzickQsec tion "from the rear toward the front.

But that wider gage is to be so. limitedkas' to allow the trackwheelsjof the machine or car or other. structure torest onsaidfrails;The extent ofthis increase of gagel'will-depend upon the fwidthsof thetread of the;

track wheels. 'It .ispractical tomake'this increase of gageas much asone inchortwo inches.

NVhen-theextension section, B, isturned sidew-ise on thejoints formed"by thelog' lt s,

A, the rails,"B ,B of that section automati movement, for. practicalpurposes, has been 'cally approach each other. That movement may becontinued until'the limit of such reachedwhenj the rails, B haveapproached each other to make the gage of. that section as narrow as canbe traversed by the car,

wheels,'that being the H of the rail pieces, f- A It is to be understoodthat'the rear ends of the rail. pieces, A are e s at tea en s,

to be as near eachfother as the car wheels A will permit.

T0 illustrate,let it be supposed'thatthe rails, B of theextensionlse'ction, B, are each fifteen feetlong and thatthegage oftheordinary' track section, C, 'is forty-four inches and that thedistance between the rails-at the line, Y, of Fig. 2 is forty-sixinches, then the rails,B can be swungiapproximately four feet to eitherside of the. middle line of.

the main track section, G, andthe rear exten sion section,A, beforetheeXtensi'0n,'B. has

closed to the normal gage of""forty-foiir* inchesthe gage of the maintrack section, 0. The distance between the forward ends of the railpieces, A of the extension section, A, will remain two inches wider thanthe gage of the track section, C, and the 'reor car in changingdirection on the track,v that change taking place at the junctionbetween the section, B,and the section, A. In practice, I have foundthat the track wheels of a machine or car pass over the hinge formedbetween the sections, A and B, and conform their course to the angle ofthis track as easily as on the short curves usually found in railwaytracks in mines.

It can readily be understood that the swinging or sidewise turningextension section, B, can be made of any desired length within the limitfor easyhandling; and such extension can be made up of two or more sec-,tions. The longer said section is made, the farther will be the lateralreach of its for ward end for a given angle of turning on the hingesformed by thev hinge blocks, B

It is to be noted that the section, A, might be made longer thanindicated. But that would make the equipment less convenient forhandling and using.

I claim as my invention,

1. In a railway track, the combination of a forward track sectioncomprising two paral-' lel rails, cross ties pivoted to said rails, andmeans for hinging said rails to another track section, the rails of onesection meeting the rails of the other section.

2. In a railway track, the combination of a forward track sectioncomprising two parallel rails, cross ties pivoted to said rails, andhinge blocks on said rails for hinging said rails to another tracksection, the rails of one section meeting the rails of the othersection. I

8. In a railway track, the combination of a forward track sectioncomprising two parallel rails, cross ties pivoted to said rails, asecond track section located at the rear of the forward track section,and means for hinging the rear ends of the rails of the forward sectionto the forward part of the second section, the rails of one sectionmeeting the rails of the other section. V

4. In a railway track, the combination of a forward track sectioncomprising two parallel rails, cross ties pivoted to said rails, asecond track section located at the rear of the forward track sectionand having its rails separated farther at the front than at the rear,and means for hinging the-rails ofthe' forward section to the forwardpart of the second section, the rails of one section meeting the railsof the other section.

5. In a railway track, the combination of a forward track sectloncomprislng two paral lel rails, cross ties pivoted to said rails, a secthe forward endsof its rails meet the rear ends of the forwardsectioinand means for hinging said meeting ends of the rails to eachother. f

6. In a railway track, the combination of a '0 1 ond track sectionlocated at the rear 'of the forward track section and adapted-to have rforwardtrack section comprising two paral lel rails, cross ties pivotedto said rails, a

second track section located atthe rear of the forward track section andadapted to have the forward ends of its rails meet the rear ends of theforward section,'and hinge blocks and bolts for forming hinges at themeeting ends of said rails. I

7 In a railway track, the combination with a main track sectioncomprising rails and 'cross ties, ofva secondtrack section comprisingrails adapted tobe joined to the rails of the 'maintrack section, crossties secured to said rails, a forward track section comprising twoparallel ,ralls andcross ties pivoted to said rails, and means forhinging the rear ends of'said rails to the forward end of the secondtrack section, the rear ends of'the rails of'the forward section meetingthe forward ends of the rails of the second section.

8. In a railway track, the combination with T a main track sectioncomprising parallel rails and cross ties, a second track section comprising rails adapted to be joined to'the rails 'of the main track section,cross ties secured to said rails, said rails being diverging from therear'ends to their forward ends whereby the forward ends are given awider gage, a forward track section comprising two' parallel rails andcross ties pivoted to'said rails, and meansfor hinging the rear ends ofsaid rails to the forward end of the second track section,

the rails of the forward section meeting the forward ends of the railsof the second section. a

9. In a railway track, the combination of a forward track sectioncomprising two parallel rails, cross ties pivoted to said rails, asecond track section havingrails adapted to have their forward ends meetthe rear ends of the forward section, a part of said rails having theweb cut away and the other rails having hinged members adapted to enterthe spaces formed by cutting said webs, and bolts extending through therail heads and feet at said space and through said hinge members.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name, this twelfth day ofDecember, inthe year one thousand nine hundred and twentyeight. 7

-WILLIAM WHAL Y,

